James Harden had the most free-throw attempts in 2017-18, with 727 attempts.

Interpreted as:

most free throw attempts by a player 2018

NAME	FTA	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
James Harden	727	2017-18	HOU	72	35.4	30.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	4.4	9.0	20.1	44.9	3.7	10.0	36.7	8.7	85.8	2,551	2,191	389	630	126	50	315	169	+527
Giannis Antetokounmpo	641	2017-18	MIL	75	36.7	26.9	10.0	4.8	1.5	1.4	3.0	9.9	18.7	52.9	0.6	1.9	30.7	6.5	76.0	2,756	2,014	753	361	109	106	223	231	+150
Anthony Davis	598	2017-18	NOP	75	36.4	28.1	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	2.2	10.4	19.5	53.4	0.7	2.2	34.0	6.6	82.8	2,727	2,110	832	174	115	193	162	159	+298
Dwight Howard	582	2017-18	CHA	81	30.4	16.6	12.5	1.3	0.6	1.6	2.6	6.2	11.2	55.5	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.1	57.4	2,463	1,347	1,012	105	48	131	208	249	+89
Russell Westbrook	566	2017-18	OKC	80	36.4	25.4	10.1	10.3	1.8	0.3	4.8	9.5	21.1	44.9	1.2	4.1	29.8	5.2	73.7	2,914	2,028	804	820	147	20	381	200	+383
DeMar DeRozan	559	2017-18	TOR	80	33.9	23.0	3.9	5.2	1.1	0.3	2.2	8.1	17.7	45.6	1.1	3.6	31.0	5.8	82.5	2,712	1,840	315	417	85	22	175	151	+440
Damian Lillard	538	2017-18	POR	73	36.6	26.9	4.5	6.6	1.1	0.4	2.8	8.5	19.4	43.9	3.1	8.6	36.1	6.8	91.6	2,670	1,962	325	481	77	27	206	117	+349
LeBron James	531	2017-18	CLE	82	36.9	27.5	8.6	9.1	1.4	0.9	4.2	10.5	19.3	54.2	1.8	5.0	36.7	4.7	73.1	3,026	2,251	709	747	116	71	347	136	+104
Lou Williams	491	2017-18	LAC	79	32.8	22.6	2.5	5.3	1.1	0.2	3.0	7.4	16.9	43.5	2.4	6.6	35.9	5.5	88.0	2,589	1,782	198	417	85	19	234	106	+123
Joel Embiid	467	2017-18	PHI	63	30.4	22.9	11.0	3.2	0.6	1.8	3.7	8.1	16.8	48.3	1.0	3.4	30.8	5.7	76.9	1,914	1,445	690	199	40	111	234	209	+483
Jimmy Butler	425	2017-18	MIN	59	36.7	22.2	5.3	4.9	2.0	0.4	1.8	7.4	15.6	47.4	1.2	3.4	35.0	6.2	85.4	2,164	1,307	314	288	116	24	108	78	+374
Julius Randle	425	2017-18	LAL	82	26.7	16.1	8.0	2.6	0.5	0.5	2.6	6.1	11.0	55.8	0.1	0.5	22.2	3.7	71.8	2,190	1,323	654	210	43	45	213	274	-80
Kemba Walker	420	2017-18	CHA	80	34.2	22.1	3.1	5.6	1.1	0.3	2.2	7.4	17.0	43.1	2.9	7.5	38.4	4.5	86.4	2,736	1,770	248	444	91	24	179	98	+203
Paul George	411	2017-18	OKC	79	36.6	21.9	5.7	3.3	2.0	0.5	2.7	7.3	17.0	43.0	3.1	7.7	40.1	4.3	82.2	2,891	1,734	447	263	161	39	212	233	+226
Kevin Durant	404	2017-18	GSW	68	34.2	26.4	6.8	5.4	0.7	1.8	3.0	9.3	18.0	51.6	2.5	6.1	41.9	5.3	88.9	2,325	1,792	464	366	50	119	207	133	+347
Karl-Anthony Towns	402	2017-18	MIN	82	35.6	21.3	12.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	1.9	7.8	14.3	54.5	1.5	3.5	42.1	4.2	85.8	2,918	1,743	1,012	199	64	115	159	285	+371
LaMarcus Aldridge	399	2017-18	SAS	75	33.5	23.1	8.5	2.0	0.6	1.2	1.5	9.2	18.0	51.0	0.4	1.2	29.3	4.5	83.7	2,509	1,735	635	152	43	90	111	161	+285
Andre Drummond	395	2017-18	DET	78	33.7	15.0	16.0	3.0	1.5	1.6	2.6	6.0	11.3	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.1	60.5	2,625	1,171	1,247	237	114	127	200	250	-57
DeMarcus Cousins	394	2017-18	NOP	48	36.2	25.2	12.9	5.4	1.6	1.6	5.0	8.5	18.0	47.0	2.2	6.1	35.4	6.1	74.6	1,737	1,210	617	257	79	76	242	183	+78
Bradley Beal	369	2017-18	WAS	82	36.3	22.6	4.4	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.6	8.3	18.1	46.0	2.4	6.5	37.5	3.6	79.1	2,977	1,857	363	373	96	36	214	160	+177
Victor Oladipo	368	2017-18	IND	75	34.0	23.1	5.2	4.3	2.4	0.8	2.9	8.5	17.9	47.7	2.1	5.8	37.1	3.9	79.9	2,552	1,735	390	323	177	57	219	175	+338
Khris Middleton	362	2017-18	MIL	82	36.4	20.1	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.3	2.3	7.2	15.5	46.6	1.8	5.0	35.9	3.9	88.4	2,982	1,652	429	328	119	21	191	270	+101
Ben Simmons	341	2017-18	PHI	81	33.7	15.8	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	3.4	6.7	12.3	54.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	56.0	2,732	1,279	659	661	140	70	278	211	+387
Marc Gasol	337	2017-18	MEM	73	33.0	17.2	8.1	4.2	0.7	1.4	2.7	5.9	14.2	42.0	1.5	4.4	34.1	3.8	83.4	2,408	1,258	592	305	54	101	194	185	-313
Blake Griffin	330	2017-18	TOT	58	34.0	21.4	7.4	5.8	0.7	0.3	2.8	7.5	17.2	43.8	1.9	5.6	34.5	4.5	78.5	1,970	1,242	428	334	41	18	165	139	+62